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Author:

Braun, Sandra.

Title:

Women inventors who changed the world / Sandra Braun.

Publisher:

Rosen Central,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

116 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women inventors--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inventions--History--Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations--History--Juvenile literature.
Social change--History--Juvenile literature.
Women inventors.
Women--Biography.
Inventions--History.
Technological innovations--History.
Social change--History.
Inventors--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Inventions--History.
Technological innovations--History.
Social change--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-113) and index.

Contents:

Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) -- Lise Meitner -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Elizabeth Muriel MacGill -- Hedy Lamarr -- Gertrude Belle Elion -- Stephanie Kwolek -- Bette Nesmith Graham -- Patricia Bath -- Wendy Murphy -- Laurie Tandrup -- Glossary.

Summary:

Examines the lives of women inventors who changed the world, including Lise Meitner, Hedy Lamarr, and Laurie Tandrup.

Series:

Great women of achievement

ISBN:

1448859964
9781448859962 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2011032731

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)